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}}'''''ZombsRoyale.io''''' is a [[battle royale game]] developed by End Game Interactive. It was released for [[Web browser|web browsers]] in 2018, with [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] ports later that year. A simplified take on the genre, game matches follow up to 100 players who must fight on a large [[Level (video games)|map]] to be the last survivors. It uses simple 2D graphics and a top-down perspective.
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'''''ZombsRoyale.io''''' is a 3D [[Battle royale game|battle royale video game]] developed by an American studio, End Game. It was released in 2018 for [[iOS]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://toucharcade.com/2018/05/11/zombsroyaleio-fortnite-pubg-free-iphone-battle-royale/ |title='ZombsRoyale.io' Is a 2D Top Down Battle Royale That Blends 'PUBG' and 'Fortnite, Available Now on iOS |date=2018-05-11 |website=TouchArcade |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and on web browsers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Have you played… ZombsRoyale.io?|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/12/03/have-you-played-zombsroyale-io/|last=Toms|first=Ollie|date=2019-12-03|website=rockpapershotgun.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/16/who-needs-3d-zombsroyale-io-boils-down-battle-royale/ |title=Who needs 3D? ZombsRoyale.io boils down Battle Royale |last=Tarason |first=Dominic |date=2018-03-16 |website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> Similar to other titles in the battle royale genre, players fight against other players on a large map from a [[top-down perspective]], scavenging for supplies and weapons.
''ZombsRoyale.io'' was the fourth title by End Game, an [[Washington (state)|Washington]]{{Endash}}based [[Video game developer|developer]] established the year before. Despite featuring no [[Zombie|zombies]], it was named so because it used the same [[Game engine|engine]] as End Game's ''Zombs.io''. The game was made to follow the recent trends of both battle royales such as ''[[Fortnite Battle Royale]]'' (2017) and [[.io|.io games]] such as ''[[Agar.io]]'' (2015). It received little attention from [[Video game journalism|journalists]], but became the tenth most [[Google (verb)|Googled]] video game in the U.S. that year and its popularity helped End Game raise over $3 million from investors.


== Gameplay ==
== Gameplay ==
''ZombsRoyale.io'' is a top-down [[battle royale game]]. Like other .[[Agar.io#Similar ".io" games|io games]], it has simplified gameplay and 2D graphics.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Madnani |first=Mikhail |date=May 11, 2018 |title='ZombsRoyale.io' Is a 2D Top Down Battle Royale That Blends 'PUBG' and 'Fortnite, Available Now on iOS |url=https://toucharcade.com/2018/05/11/zombsroyaleio-fortnite-pubg-free-iphone-battle-royale/ |access-date=April 23, 2019 |website=[[TouchArcade]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grubb |first=Jeff |date=February 28, 2020 |title=End Game Interactive raises $3 million to build expand on ZombsRoyale.io |url=https://venturebeat.com/2020/02/28/end-game-interactive-raises-3-million-to-build-expand-on-zombsroyale-io/ |access-date=February 19, 2021 |website=[[VentureBeat]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
The game is played in rounds that last for several minutes. Each round admits up to 100 players with the remainder filled by computer-controlled bots. Players are represented by circular figures on a 2D grid-like map, surrounded by a circular blue zone (called "the gas") that shrinks as the game advances, forcing players into a smaller and smaller area. Players take 2-10 damage to their health the longer they remain in the zone and can be eliminated if they stay in it.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Frantic multiplayer shooter Zombs Royale is part PUBG, part Hotline Miami|url=https://www.gamezebo.com/2018/04/27/frantic-multiplayer-shooter-zombs-royale-part-pubg-part-hotline-miami/|last=Hewitt|first=Marc|date=2018-04-27|website=Gamezebo|language=en-GB|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131134043/https://www.gamezebo.com/2018/04/27/frantic-multiplayer-shooter-zombs-royale-part-pubg-part-hotline-miami/|archive-date=2022-01-31|access-date=2020-01-14}}</ref> Players start the game with no weapons other than their fists or any melee skins. Weapons and healing items can be found across the map in loot containers, such as boxes, crates, and chests. Crates take on a different appearance on every location, but the ammo crate, golden crate and normal crate retains its appearance. Loot containers are located throughout the map inside and outside of buildings; different crates contain various amounts of loot. For example, regular brown crates only drops one item while gold chests contain more than three. Some healing items are Bandages, Medkits, Small Shield Potions, Big Shield Potions, Hybrid Potions and the Healing Gun. Weapons have power based on their rarity and are classified as common (grey), uncommon (green), rare (blue), epic (purple), legendary (gold), or mythic (red).<ref name=":0" /> Mythic weaponry is mainly obtained from chests that spawn in the endgame which are called Airdrops although one can obtain one through a gold chest, which has a small chance to drop one. Unique weapons can also be found across the map such as shurikens, flamethrowers, rubber guns and goo guns; they always come in legendary or epic rarity. These are stored in a six-slot inventory (excluding the melee slot). [[File:Zombs Gameplay.png|thumb|300px| A match of ''ZombsRoyale.io''.]]
[[File:Zombs_Gameplay.png|thumb|317x317px|A match of ''ZombsRoyale.io''.]]
There are three [[Gamemode|game modes]]: Solo, Duo, or Squads. Like other battle royales, up to 100 players {{Emdash}} some of which may be computer-controlled bots {{Emdash}} are dropped into matches. Games are typically short, around five minutes long.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Toms |first=Ollie |date=May 1, 2019 |title=60 Zombs Royale tips - top tips on how to play ZombsRoyale.io like a pro |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/60-zombs-royale-tips-top-tips-on-how-to-play-zombsroyale-io-like-a-pro-2#loot |access-date=June 15, 2024 |website=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]}}</ref>


Players parachute into the map, where weapons, mostly various types of [[Firearm|firearms]], healing items, and [[ammo]] can be found in buildings and crates. A cloud of poisonous gas slowly closes in, gradually limiting the play area and bringing survivors closer together. The last player or team standing wins.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Hewitt |first=Marc |date=April 27, 2018 |title=Frantic multiplayer shooter Zombs Royale is part PUBG, part Hotline Miami |url=https://www.gamezebo.com/2018/04/27/frantic-multiplayer-shooter-zombs-royale-part-pubg-part-hotline-miami/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131134043/https://www.gamezebo.com/2018/04/27/frantic-multiplayer-shooter-zombs-royale-part-pubg-part-hotline-miami/ |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |access-date= |website=[[Gamezebo]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Modes and monetization ==
There are multiple modes, the main ones being Solo, Duo, Squad, and LTMs (limited time modes). The active LTM change after a period of time; previous LTMs have included: Zombies, Protect the VIP, Weapons Race, Mystery Mode, 50v50, Superpower mode, Space Battle and Crystal Clash.


== Background ==
''ZombsRoyale.io'' features different seasons; every season there are new locations, features, weapons and new modes. Each season also has its own [[battle pass]], which the player levels up to earn rewards such as cosmetics and emotes, and more. The free pass is available to everyone and contains limited amounts of cosmetics while the paid pass, which costs 180 gems, has cosmetics in every tier all the way up to tier 100; if you have the paid pass, you will also obtain everything in the free pass, provided that you reach the required level. To unlock new cosmetics in the battle pass, one has to complete challenges to earn stars which level up your battle pass. Leveling up also nets five stars per level. Challenges grant either five or ten stars; they consist of three daily quests and some weekly quests which can only be completed if the battle pass has ben unlocked. Regular challenges grant five stars while those labeled as Hard grant ten.
End Game Interactive was founded in [[Bellevue, Washington]], in 2017, by [[Web developer|web developers]] Yang C. Liu and Luke Zbihlyj.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ha |first=Anthony |date=February 28, 2020 |title=End Game, the startup behind Zombs Royale, raises $3M |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/28/end-game-seed-funding/ |access-date=February 19, 2021 |website=[[TechCrunch]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Perez |first=Matt |date=February 28, 2020 |title=Scooter Braun, Makers Fund And Supercell Help Raise $3 Million For Creator Of Popular 'ZombsRoyale' Game |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/02/28/scooter-braun-makers-fund-and-supercell-help-raise-3-million-for-creator-of-popular-zombsroyale-game/ |url-access=limited |access-date=May 17, 2024 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> The pair were best known for [[PokéVision]], an unofficial [[website]] which tracked [[Pokémon]] in the 2016 [[Augmented reality|AR]] game [[Pokémon Go|''Pokémon Go'']]. It had a userbase of 50 million, around half the game's players, before the CEO of ''Pokémon Go'' developer [[Niantic, Inc.|Niantic]] asked it to be shut down a month after it started.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turk |first=Victoria |date=August 6, 2016 |title=We Talked to the Creator of PokéVision About Losing 50 Million Users Overnight |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/8q8vkk/we-talked-to-the-creator-of-pokevision-about-losing-50-million-users-overnight |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]}}</ref>


The [[Viral phenomenon|viral]] success of ''[[Agar.io]]'' (2015) and ''[[Slither.io]]'' (2016) led to a new genre of [[browser game]]. .io games are defined loosely by their [[.io|domain name]], simplicity, and [[Massively multiplayer online game|massively multiplayer]] elements. The genre's mechanics [[PvP|pit players against each other]] and have a "low-commitment, die-and-retry" [[gameplay loop]]. End Game Interactive decided to start making .io games, but their first effort, the shooter ''LASERSHARKS.io'', was not successful. They then made ''Zombs.io'', a [[tower defense]] and base building game and one of the first .io games with a [[persistent world]]. A week later, they made ''Spinz.io'', a [[fidget spinner]] version of ''Agar.io'', to capitalize on the trend. They wanted to make a viral game by attracting [[Video game livestreaming|streamers]], like they tried with ''LASERSHARKS.io''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Castello |first=Jay |date=February 22, 2018 |title=The rise and rise of .io games |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rise-and-rise-of-io-games |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]}}</ref> The [[YouTubers]] [[PewDiePie]] and [[Jacksepticeye]] made videos playing it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheehan |first=Gavin |date=June 27, 2017 |title=Someone Made A Fidget Spinner Verision Of Agar.io … Why?! |url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/someone-made-fidget-spinner-verision-agar-io/ |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=[[Bleeding Cool]]}}</ref>
There are two different currencies in the game, Coins and Gems. Gems can be used to upgrade the battle pass or purchase cosmetics/ items in the Shop (some items on sale could be bought with a cheaper price of gems). Coins can only be used to open the common chest in the Shop. Currently, the game is on Season 45, with a new season arriving every 48 days or so.


== Development ==
==Development==
Liu and End Game Interactive released ''ZombsRoyale.io'' for [[Web browser|web browsers]] in early 2018, and a PC client came out sometime later.<ref name=":4" /> [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] ports were released in May.<ref name=":2" /> Although there are no zombies in the game, the game was named ''ZombsRoyale.io'' because it used the same [[Game engine|engine]] as End Game's ''Zombs.io''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tarason |first=Dominic |date=March 16, 2018 |title=Who needs 3D? ZombsRoyale.io boils down Battle Royale |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/16/who-needs-3d-zombsroyale-io-boils-down-battle-royale/ |access-date=April 23, 2019 |website=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
''ZombsRoyale.io'' is developed by End Game.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-28|title=End Game Interactive raises $3 million to build expand on ZombsRoyale.io|url=https://venturebeat.com/2020/02/28/end-game-interactive-raises-3-million-to-build-expand-on-zombsroyale-io/|access-date=2021-02-19|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}}</ref> The studio got its start building websites such as PokeVision, which helps users catch Pokémon in ''[[Pokémon Go]]''. They then started making browser games after seeing the success of other games such as ''[[Slither.io]]''. They first created ''Lasersharks.io'', followed by ''Zombs.io'', then ''Spinz.io'' and finally ''ZombsRoyale.io''. End Game has since gone on to make other games such as ''Fishington.io'' and ''Betrayal.io''. ''ZombsRoyale.io'' was built in around 4 weeks, and after its successful launch, End Game spent the rest of 2018 supporting it.<ref>{{Cite web|title=End Game, the startup behind Zombs Royale, raises $3M|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2020/02/28/end-game-seed-funding/|access-date=2021-02-19|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Reception==
In 2018, ''ZombsRoyale.io'' was the tenth most [[Googled]] video game in the U.S., the only non{{Endash}}[[AAA (video game industry)|AAA]] game in the top ten. It received little coverage from [[Video game journalism|game journalists]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Dustin |date=January 3, 2019 |title=Google’s top ten most-searched games of 2018 run from Fortnite to Zombs Royale |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/most-searched-games-on-google |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=[[PCGamesN]]}}</ref> but amassed 45 million players by 2020.<ref name=":4" /> ''[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]''<nowiki/>'s Ollie Toms, an avid player of battle royales, appreciated the top-down perspective, which he thought gave all players an equal footing and prevented third-partying, the practice of sneaking up on two players already fighting. Coupled with the short rounds, Toms felt ''ZombsRoyale.io'' was "Less satisfying than winning a 45-minute PUBG match, for sure - but also far, far less frustrating."<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Toms |first=Ollie |date=2019-12-03 |title=Have you played… ZombsRoyale.io? |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/12/03/have-you-played-zombsroyale-io/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2020-05-22 |website=rockpapershotgun.com |language=en}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

* ''[[Surviv.io]]''
* ''[[Surviv.io]]''
* ''[[Fortnite]]''
* ''[[Fortnite]]''
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== References ==
== References ==
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{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==

* {{Official website|ZombsRoyale.io}}
* {{Official website|ZombsRoyale.io}}


Revision as of 03:51, 17 June 2024

ZombsRoyale.io
Developer(s)End Game, Yang Liu
Platform(s)
ReleaseMarch 14, 2018
Genre(s)Battle royale
Mode(s)Multiplayer, Single-player, Limited-Time-Mode (LTM)

ZombsRoyale.io is a battle royale game developed by End Game Interactive. It was released for web browsers in 2018, with iOS and Android ports later that year. A simplified take on the genre, game matches follow up to 100 players who must fight on a large map to be the last survivors. It uses simple 2D graphics and a top-down perspective.

ZombsRoyale.io was the fourth title by End Game, an Washington–based developer established the year before. Despite featuring no zombies, it was named so because it used the same engine as End Game's Zombs.io. The game was made to follow the recent trends of both battle royales such as Fortnite Battle Royale (2017) and .io games such as Agar.io (2015). It received little attention from journalists, but became the tenth most Googled video game in the U.S. that year and its popularity helped End Game raise over $3 million from investors.

Gameplay

ZombsRoyale.io is a top-down battle royale game. Like other .io games, it has simplified gameplay and 2D graphics.[1][2]

A match of ZombsRoyale.io.

There are three game modes: Solo, Duo, or Squads. Like other battle royales, up to 100 players — some of which may be computer-controlled bots — are dropped into matches. Games are typically short, around five minutes long.[3]

Players parachute into the map, where weapons, mostly various types of firearms, healing items, and ammo can be found in buildings and crates. A cloud of poisonous gas slowly closes in, gradually limiting the play area and bringing survivors closer together. The last player or team standing wins.[3][4]

Background

End Game Interactive was founded in Bellevue, Washington, in 2017, by web developers Yang C. Liu and Luke Zbihlyj.[5][6] The pair were best known for PokéVision, an unofficial website which tracked Pokémon in the 2016 AR game Pokémon Go. It had a userbase of 50 million, around half the game's players, before the CEO of Pokémon Go developer Niantic asked it to be shut down a month after it started.[7]

The viral success of Agar.io (2015) and Slither.io (2016) led to a new genre of browser game. .io games are defined loosely by their domain name, simplicity, and massively multiplayer elements. The genre's mechanics pit players against each other and have a "low-commitment, die-and-retry" gameplay loop. End Game Interactive decided to start making .io games, but their first effort, the shooter LASERSHARKS.io, was not successful. They then made Zombs.io, a tower defense and base building game and one of the first .io games with a persistent world. A week later, they made Spinz.io, a fidget spinner version of Agar.io, to capitalize on the trend. They wanted to make a viral game by attracting streamers, like they tried with LASERSHARKS.io.[8] The YouTubers PewDiePie and Jacksepticeye made videos playing it.[9]

Development

Liu and End Game Interactive released ZombsRoyale.io for web browsers in early 2018, and a PC client came out sometime later.[6] iOS and Android ports were released in May.[1] Although there are no zombies in the game, the game was named ZombsRoyale.io because it used the same engine as End Game's Zombs.io.[10]

Reception

In 2018, ZombsRoyale.io was the tenth most Googled video game in the U.S., the only non–AAA game in the top ten. It received little coverage from game journalists,[11] but amassed 45 million players by 2020.[6] Rock Paper Shotgun's Ollie Toms, an avid player of battle royales, appreciated the top-down perspective, which he thought gave all players an equal footing and prevented third-partying, the practice of sneaking up on two players already fighting. Coupled with the short rounds, Toms felt ZombsRoyale.io was "Less satisfying than winning a 45-minute PUBG match, for sure - but also far, far less frustrating."[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Madnani, Mikhail (May 11, 2018). "'ZombsRoyale.io' Is a 2D Top Down Battle Royale That Blends 'PUBG' and 'Fortnite, Available Now on iOS". TouchArcade. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  2. ^ Grubb, Jeff (February 28, 2020). "End Game Interactive raises $3 million to build expand on ZombsRoyale.io". VentureBeat. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Toms, Ollie (May 1, 2019). "60 Zombs Royale tips - top tips on how to play ZombsRoyale.io like a pro". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  4. ^ Hewitt, Marc (April 27, 2018). "Frantic multiplayer shooter Zombs Royale is part PUBG, part Hotline Miami". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on January 31, 2022.
  5. ^ Ha, Anthony (February 28, 2020). "End Game, the startup behind Zombs Royale, raises $3M". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Perez, Matt (February 28, 2020). "Scooter Braun, Makers Fund And Supercell Help Raise $3 Million For Creator Of Popular 'ZombsRoyale' Game". Forbes. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  7. ^ Turk, Victoria (August 6, 2016). "We Talked to the Creator of PokéVision About Losing 50 Million Users Overnight". Vice. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  8. ^ Castello, Jay (February 22, 2018). "The rise and rise of .io games". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  9. ^ Sheehan, Gavin (June 27, 2017). "Someone Made A Fidget Spinner Verision Of Agar.io … Why?!". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  10. ^ Tarason, Dominic (March 16, 2018). "Who needs 3D? ZombsRoyale.io boils down Battle Royale". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  11. ^ Bailey, Dustin (January 3, 2019). "Google's top ten most-searched games of 2018 run from Fortnite to Zombs Royale". PCGamesN. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  12. ^ Toms, Ollie (2019-12-03). "Have you played… ZombsRoyale.io?". rockpapershotgun.com. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
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